Society of Professors of Education 2015 Annual Meeting at AERA
Chicago, Illinois
Saturday April 18th 8:00-5:00
Fairmont Hotel
Gold Room, Second Level
7:50-8:05
Welcome and Opening Remarks, Bernardo Gallegos, Program Chair, and President, Society of Professors of Education.
8:05-9:25
Paper Session One,
Chair: Bernardo Gallegos, National University
21st Century Educational Experiences: Communicating Democracy and Education as Democratic Activism
Gregg Jorgensen, Western Illinois University
Reasserting what is educational in education: Hope, optimism, and neoliberal structures of feeling in education under late capitalism
Lisa Taylor, Bishop’s University
Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline or Increasing Student Engagement and Achievement: A Literature Review Regarding A Holistic Approach for Educator Practice and Research
Kendra Lowery, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Corporate Network Proliferation in the Public School Sector and Rapid Erosion of Capital
Carol A. Mullen, Virginia Tech
9:30-10:50
Paper Session Two
Chair: Cliff Tyler, National University
Considering the tasks, issues, successes and challenges for the education professoriate in the 21st Century when collaborating in university/school partnerships
Dr. Barbara Cozza, St. Johns University
Middle Level Teacher Candidates’ Perceptions of Social Injustices: A Photo and Content Analysis
Nicole Thompson, University of Memphis
Casey Gilewski, University of Memphis
Faculty Perceptions of Teaching and Advising as it Relates to University Expectations
Patricia Dickenson, National University
Penelope Keough, National University
Wayne Padover, National University
A Modest Proposal Re-imagined: Disrupting and Rethinking Educational Decision-Making
Clifton S. Tanabe, University of Hawaiʻi – Mānoa
Jeanne Marie Iorio, Victoria University, Australia
11:00-12:00
Charles DeGarmo Lecture
Introduction: William H. Schubert, Awards Committee Chair
Speaker: Kevin Kumashiro, Dean, College of Education, University of San Francisco
12:05-1:20
Mary Anne Raywid Award:
Introduction: William H. Schubert, Awards Committee Chair, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Chicago
Recipient: Janet L. Miller, Professor and Program Coordinator of English Education, Teachers College, Columbia University
SPE Outstanding Book Awards:
Presented by Pam Konkol, Chair of the Book Awards Committee, Concordia University Chicago
Richard Wisniewski Award:
Presentation: Mina Kim, San Francisco State University and Donna Adair Breault, Missouri State University, Co-Chairs of the Awards Committee
Recipient: The Elementary Certification Master’s Program, Indiana University
William H. Watkins Inaugural Award Ceremony
Host, William H. Schubert, Awards Committee Chair
William H. Watkins Interview Presented by M. Fran Huckaby, Texas Christian University
Presentation of Inaugural William H. Watkins Award by William H. Schubert
Recipient: Carol D. Lee, Edwina S. Tarry Professor in the School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University
Panel Discussion on the Contributions of William H. Watkins, University of Illinois at Chicago:
Bill Schubert, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Chicago, Carol Lee, Northwestern University,
and Fran Huckaby, Texas Christian University
1:25-2:45
Paper Session Three
Chair: Deron Boyles, Georgia State University
Teacher Education and Social Justice: Breaking down Barriers
Tonya Callaghan, University of Calgary
Laurie Hill, University of Calgary
Principal Preparation: Compliance Monitors or Leaders?
A Critique of New York’s School Building Leader Assessment
Katie Zahedi, State University of New York at New Paltz
Arnold Dodge, Long Island University
Ruth Powers Silverberg, College of Staten Island, City University of New York
Preparing literacy specialists for culturally diverse settings: How does teaching in a high-needs district alter teachers’ perceptions, self-efficacy, and knowledge?
Kathleen M. Lord, State University of New York at New Paltz
Who Owns the Colleges of Education?
Nicholas J. Eastman, Georgia State University
2:50-4:10
Paper Session Four
Chair: Pamela Konkol, Concordia University at Chicago
Finding the balance in teacher preparation: relevancy and edTPA
Monica Noraian, Illinois State University
Working with(in) Common Core Logic in Higher Education:
Student Emails/Letters Confirm Relevance.
Adam Attwood, Washington State University
A.G. Rud, Washington State University
Relevancy in the Age of edtpa?: Commercialism, Accountability, and the Continuing Assault on Public Education
Deron Boyles, Georgia State University
Dennis Attick, Clayton State University
The Death of Critical Thinking: Education Under the Common Core Standards
Morgan Anderson, Georgia State University
4:15 – 5:00: Business Meeting
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